How can I prepare students for future success in academically challenging courses?
The best teaching practices that you are currently using will prepare students for future learning success. Giving students guidance in academic responsibility is a great benefit. It is essential that students learn to accept responsibility for their future learning. To have the students take part in the learning process through active learning techniques will give them a sense of accomplishment as well as a key to greater academic success. Emphasis should be placed on skill development in reading effectively, collecting and acquiring data, processing and analyzing, writing scholarly works of differing types and practicing study skills needed for success. None of these need be perfected on any specific grade level; rather, introduction and practice of techniques will prepare students for the transition from Pre-AP to AP classes and any further academic pursuits.
